Cardinal Marc Ouellet

Top Vatican cardinal sues woman who accused him of sexual assault

12/14/2022 at 11:22 AM By Kevin Edward White

By John Lavenburg, Crux, December 14, 2022NEW YORK – Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, head of the Vatican’s powerful Dicastery for Bishops, has filed a countersuit against a woman who accused him of sexual assault more than a decade ago, and has promised to donate any damages won to “the... read more

Vatican urges German Catholic Church to put brakes on reform

11/18/2022 at 7:59 PM By Kevin Edward White

Top Vatican cardinals are trying to put the brakes on the German Catholic Church’s controversial reform process By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press, November 18, 2022 ROME -- Top Vatican cardinals tried to put the brakes on the German Catholic Church’s controversial reform process... read more

Vatican Failures in Cardinal Ouellet’s Case

08/20/2022 at 6:48 PM By Kevin Edward White

Fr. Gerald E. Murray, Catholic Thing, August 20, 2022 SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2022 Pope Francis issued a letter on August 20, 2018 in the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy and cover-ups by bishops. He wrote: “’If one member suffers, all... read more

Cardinal Ouellet named in Canadian sex abuse lawsuit

08/18/2022 at 6:08 PM By Kevin Edward White

Br Carl Bunderson, Catholic News Agency, August 16, 2022 Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, was accused of sexual assault in a civil suit filed against the Archdiocese of Quebec. AFP reported that the class action suit, filed Aug. 16, includes the testimony... read more

Top Vatican cardinal talks celibacy, abuse, clericalism, and women

02/18/2022 at 9:27 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Elise Ann Allen, Crux, February 18, 2022|ROME – Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who is presiding over a high-profile Vatican symposium on the theology of the priesthood, has spoken out on a range of hot-button issues, including clericalism, the abuse crisis, and the call for women’s... read more

Cardinal Ouellet: Priests not supporting Francis should ask, ‘What am I doing here?’

02/17/2022 at 2:55 PM By Kevin Edward White

By Christopher White, National Catholic Reporter, February 17, 2022 ROME — When Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet was first appointed in 2010 to lead the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on candidates to serve as Catholic bishops around the world, the former... read more

Vatican symposium to explore relationship between priests and laity

02/09/2022 at 9:50 AM By Kevin Edward White

By Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency, February 9, 2021 The Vatican will hold an international symposium next week to discuss the theology of the relationship between Catholic priests and the laity. The conference, “For a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood,” will take place... read more

A Second Look into the McCarrick Report

11/21/2020 at 12:27 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

By Fr. Gerald E. Murray, November 21, 2020 The publication of the McCarrick Report [1] was a welcome step by the Holy See. It answers some questions raised by the appallingly successful ecclesiastical career of a now-defrocked cardinal, long known by many to be a sexual predator who used his... read more

Toronto priest plagiarized when ghostwriting for Canada’s most senior Vatican figure: new book

08/27/2020 at 10:43 PM By Kevin Edward White

The set of plagiarized texts 'has corrupted the production of magisterial texts and their reception,' writes Michael V. Dougherty, professor of philosophy at Ohio Dominican University A new book outlines evidence that Cardinal Marc Ouellet, left, Canada’s most senior figure in the Vatican and... read more